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2009 Annual Report Yorkville Common Pantry Letter from the Executive Director Dear Friends,

As Yorkville Common Pantry (YCP) enters its 29th year of service to our community, the challenges before us are greater than any year in our history. A recent survey conducted by the Food Bank of found Mission Statement Sponsoring Organizations that 59% of food pantries and soup kitchens ran out of food sometime during the year; 47% of emergency food sites turned people away due to a lack of food or resources; and at least 1.3 million residents use food pantries and soup kitchens. The Yorkville Common Our 19 religious sponsoring organizations not only provide volunteers, Pantry (YCP) is dedicated to Board members, funds, food and other donations, but further infuse our At YCP, our overall meal count went up 19% this year, thus surpassing the 2 million meal mark for the first work with profound meaning and reward. We consider these organizations time in our history. Despite the incredible challenges posed by this burgeoning need, we managed to meet reducing hunger while promot- to be caring members of the extended YCP family, and feel very fortunate demand and not turn anyone away. We even expanded our pantry service area to address the growing needs of families in the 10039 and the 10031 zip codes that were not otherwise being served. ing dignity and self-sufficiency. to have their dedication and involvement. In the pantry program, we served 6,219 families and 14,503 individuals, an increase of 38% and 32% respec- YCP champions the cause of the tively, from the year before. Through our 24|7 YCP program, we served 1,674 families from outside of our hungry through food pantry and eleven core zip codes, all of whom came to us either because other food providers were out of food or were located out of reach of their home. In every instance, we provided emergency food and/or a referral to a pantry meal distribution programs, nu- •The Brick Presbyterian Church •St. James’ Church •The Church of St. Edward the Martyr •St. Jean Baptiste Church closer to their home or accessible via public transportation. To our homeless and marginally housed clients, YCP served 80,000 hot and brown bag meals. The total number of meals served in our food pantry, 24|7 YCP •The Church of St. Ignatius Loyola •St. Joseph Yorkville trition education, basic hygiene and hot meal programs made YCP the largest single site community food provider in the State of New York. services, homeless support, and •The Church of the Heavenly Rest •St. Thomas More •The Church of the Holy Trinity •St. Vincent Ferrer Church While we served a huge amount of food this year, we remained focused on ensuring that our food is not only related services. YCP’s communi- • Presbyterian Church •Temple Emanu-El plentiful but meets high standards of freshness and nutrition. Thus, to the greatest extent within budgetary ty-based programs focus on East • Christian Church •Temple Israel of the City of New York constraints, we have continued to provide milk, lean meat, fresh vegetables and access to nutrition and cooking •Park Avenue Synagogue •Temple Shaaray Tefila classes for adults and children. Last year, these nutritional cooking classes saw a 33% increase in enrollment, and other underserved •Park Avenue United Methodist Church •The Unitarian Church of All Souls serving 200 clients a month and helping many more families to make more healthy choices and stretch their •St. Stephen of Hungary “food dollars” during these uncertain times. Due to the high demand and positive feedback of our clients, we communities throughout New will be expanding the number of classes in 2010 to offer more families these opportunities.

York City. Last year we also began screening each pantry family using a comprehensive “benefits calculator”, deter- mining their eligibility for an array of services and then helping them access those government benefits. Five hundred people accessed over a million dollars in government benefits atYCP last year, much of this accomplished fully on-site through the streamlined electronic Paperless Office System.We also continued to provide concrete services for the most vulnerable—4,274 showers, 933 haircuts, and 1,606 loads of laundry to homeless men and women.

In the new year, we will continue to expand our efforts to assist our clients with a “hand up” through referrals to jobs and government benefits, as well as teaching new skills and healthy dietary habits, while still providing weekly access to fresh food for our families, as well as 8 hot meals a week. We will work hard to secure more food donations than ever before, to partner with additional agencies to increase the services we can provide, and to raise more funds to offer healthy, nutritional food to the increasing numbers of neighbors in need.

I would like to extend my heartfelt thanks for the generosity of our many supporters, including individual donors and friends, private foundations, sponsoring organizations, elected officials, and public funders. Together, we are making a difference for many vulnerable New Yorkers.

Sincerely, Stephen Grimaldi

1 Message from the Chair 2 ful andproudofwhatYCPhasbeenabletoaccomplishthisyearserveour growing numberofclientsinneed. despite thechallengingeconomicconditions,tohelpuscontinueourlongstanding philosophy ofturningnoclientaway. We arebothgrate- generous donors,inresponsetoappeals,eventsandourhighlysuccessful spring benefit, providedcriticaladditionalfinancialsupport, Various neighborhoodpartners,bothlongstandingandnew, helpedtoprovideincreasedsupportservicesmeetourclients’needs.Our our nutritionandeducationclasses. food programsatacosttoYCPofonly73cents.Thesesavingshave allowed ustopurchasemorefoodfordistributionandfund By virtueoftheseeffortsandthegenerosityoursupporters,YCPwasable toprovide life-sustaining,healthymealsthroughouttheYCP bid eachweek. viders liketheFoodBankandCityHarvest.To purchaseadditionalrequiredfoodatthelowestprices,YCPengagedwholesalerstoactively produce fromfarms.Foodwascollectedanddonatedbyschools,churches,synagogues andcommunitypartners,aswellbymajorpro- renegotiated andbidoutcontractsduetoexpire,investigatedgaselectricitycosts throughindependentbrokers,andsecureddonated This year, wecutcostsineverypossiblewayordertoserveourclientsthemost nutritious, wholesomefoodwecouldprovide.We client services. our laborhours,meaningtheorganizationcouldapplyconsiderablemoniessaved tohelpfundourvoluminousfoodpurchasesand teers fromoursponsoringorganizations,localschools,corporationsandothernonprofit entities.Lastyear, volunteersperformed63%of YCP hasonly19full-timestaff,andweareabletooperateinsuchacosteffective mannerbecauseoftheeffortsthousandsvolun- Our servicesareprovidedtoourclientswithdignityandrespectthroughthededicated, collaborativeeffortsofourstaffandvolunteers. and Twitter tobetterengagewithourconstituents---clients,volunteers,donorsand thegeneralpublic.We arebetterconnectedthan ever! We haveimprovedourcommunications withoursupportersacompletely volunteers tobestserveourclientsduringthistimeofincreasedneedanddecreased resources. of ourprograms,revitalizationdevelopmentefforts,andhasmarshalledthe talentsofourstaff,board,neighborhoodpartners,and tion andarrivalofournewExecutiveDirector, StephenGrimaldi.hasbroughtnewenergyanddedicationtotheimplementation This yearhasbeenoneoftransitionforYCP, withJeffAmbersconcludinghisgenerousserviceasInterimExecutiveDirectorupontheselec- Chair, BoardofDirectors Sherrell Andrews Sincerely, YCP. On behalfoftheBoardDirectors, staff,andourvolunteers,deepestthanks foryourcontinuedsupportof redesigned website,www.ycp.org ,andhavejoinedFacebook Director: Executive Secretary: Treasurer: Vice Chairs: Chair: Grimaldi on September21,2009. Andrews andExecutive DirectorStephen congratulated byBoard Chair, Sherrell service ontheYCPBoard.Sheis Ladle Award inhonorof17years Lucy Borge(center)receivedtheSilver Stephen Grimaldi Elaine Weiss Mary A.McCaffrey Kathy L.Nalywajko Rebecca Robertson Gerard M.Meistrell Linda E.Holt Sherrell Andrews Board ofDirectors Board andasavolunteer. to returnserviceatYCPinthefuture. CherylBundyalsoretiredaftermanyyears ofdedicatedservicetothe down fromtheYCPBoardfollowingher appointmentasaDeaconatBrickPresbyterian Church,butpromises Ladle Award inhonorofherextendedrecordserviceontheYCPBoard onDecember 8,2008.Shestepped Pantry Pressnewsletterandchairing many annualbenefits.HelenChapmanpreviously receivedtheSilver longtime memberoftheDevelopmentandNominationscommittees,inaddition toserving aseditorofour Three membersoftheYCPBoardhaveretiredthisyear. LucyBorgeservedasBoardchairman,and wasa Kathy A.Leo Suzanne Kizis Susan Kessler Patricia Kelly Stuart Johnson Lindsay Higgins Jamie Hirsh Carolyn Handler Katherina Grunfeld Edward Gallagher Candice K.Frawley Didi Fenton-Schafer Thomas Chin Hilary HartBrown Monty Blanchard Hartley Bernstein Antonia Abraham Board MembersRetire Roland Woodland Daryl Wilkerson David Wengrod Laura Weissberg Veronica MalloryStubbs Wendy Stein Mallory Spain Wendy GartnerSalles Lite Sabin Madeleine Rice Peter Pront Neda Navab Michael Nachman Dolores Morrissey Doreen S.Morales Anne P. MacKinnon 3 Halana, a wife and mother of three children were happily living and thriving in Harlem. Suddenly devastation struck when her 2,002,996 Meals Served husband was shot and killed when an assailant robbed him on his way home from work. A couple of months later, Halana was laid off from her job due to budget cuts leaving her unable to afford food or rent. Fortunately, a parent from her children’s school told her about YCP. She never thought in her life she would have to go to a soup kitchen. She was embarrassed and ashamed but had to do it for her family. Walking through the door of YCP for the first time the people were so nice and the place looked so beautiful, which she YCP’s Food Pantry Program is New York City’s largest community based food pantry did not expect. Halana was able to get the food she needed from the pantry program. She was ashamed that she had to rely on YCP and is designed to meet the needs of our families by providing culturally appropriate and for food. It was humiliating and the hardest lesson for her was putting aside her pride for the sake of her kids. But she remembers the nutritionally-balanced food. Every Thursday, Friday and Saturday, YCP is able to distribute first time she came home from YCP with a bag from the pantry. She and her children gathered in the kitchen around the bag and were grocery packages to between 1,600 and 1,800 needy families. Our Friday Pantry distribution opening it like they were opening a Christmas present. Halana made sure her kids ate even though she sometimes went without. aims to meet the needs of our Senior Citizens and Disabled Pantry Members. Additionally our unique Saturday Pantry distribution is able to serve the working poor and those participating in education or training programs during the week. Volunteers prepare bags of groceries that provide each family member three meals for three days. A typical pantry package includes items such as unsweetened fruit juice, sugar-free cereal, 1% or skim shelf-stable milk, YCP was able to help Halana receive food stamps and attending the nutrition education and cooking classes. The classes were very therapeutic for her. They helped her pasta, rice, low-sodium or no sodium canned vegetables, fresh produce, bread and frozen stretch her dollar and gave her the opportunity to meet other people in similar situations. YCP also referred Halana for counseling for her and for her daughter who is meat. studying forensic science in college. Halana still has not found a steady job, but works as a maid, provides child care, braids women’s hair and creates scarves to sell at . Next year she will be attending the City College Teacher’s Assistant program.

YCP Pantry workers see Pantry Members on a regular basis to screen for entitlements and/ or benefits; assist with acquiring benefits such as Public Assistance or Social Security Supplemental Income or make employment referrals; and provide assistance with accessing the appropriate resources to prevent families from being evicted from their homes. Through StoriesWhen she became too ill to work, her children did their best to look after her but their unique collaborations with New York City’s Human Resources Administration and other social For 25 years Nilda took care of other people’s children at the New own employment situations were marginal despite their education. The entire Cruz service providers, YCP Pantry Workers are also able to directly process Food Stamps and York State Dept of Welfare. But she developed an illness three years family struggled, making difficult choices between paying rent, buying medicine for Medicaid applications for our families on-site. ago requiring her to stop working for a while. After a diagnosis of Nilda’s cancer treatments, or feeding the family. One day, Nilda learned about Yorkville lung cancer she was not permitted to return to her old job and was not well enough to get another one. She raised four children herself; Common Pantry from a neighbor. She has been participating in the Friday pantry pro- all completed high school gram ever since—never missing a week even when she was frail from chemotherapy. 24|7YCP is an acute emergency food assistance program designed to meet the critical and college and started YCP not only feeds Nilda and her extended family; caseworkers were able to provide hunger needs of all families and individuals—regardless of which borough they reside families of their own. Her two assistance through Mt. Sinai Medical Center for Nilda to receive continuing treatment -- at the moment they experience food insecurity. Open 365 days of the year, 24|7 YCP is sons entered the US Army for her cancer. able to provide emergency food assistance when other pantries are closed or are unable to and Nilda became an anchor provide food. Started in 2003 as New York City’s only 24 hour emergency food program, 24|7 for their families during active duty. Nilda describes herself as a “fighter” and credits YCP with helping her have the resolve YCP has consistently provided emergency grocery packages, consisting of nine nutritious and the resources to contact elected officials. With effective counseling at YCP, she meals per person, to needy families. This service continues to be provided to needy families now receives a full range of entitlements for which she and her family are eligible. Her regardless of where they reside. On average 400 families are provided this service each dream is to live long enough to see her youngest grandchild graduate from high school, month. 24|7 YCP also provides brown bag meals for homeless individuals when all other a dream that seemed impossible three years ago, but now is within her reach. soup kitchens are closed--every day from 7:00PM to Midnight. Each month 1,200 brown bag meals are provided to individuals.

5 YCP’s Programs

Project Dignity provides case management services to homeless individuals. The case manager provides counseling and referral services, working with up to 50 clients weekly to help them obtain housing, jobs, entitlements, substance abuse treatment or other medical and social services. Project Dignity’s array of services is also designed to meet the most basic needs of YCP’s clients— food, haircuts, YCP Hot Meal Programs serves breakfast Monday through Friday for 220 individu- mail service, laundry—as well as the larger, more challenging issues they face— als (sometimes even more on pancake day!) and dinner on Mondays, Wednesdays and long-term housing, health care, benefits and employment. The overall goal of the Fridays for another 220 people. Our staff chefs prepare balanced meals with wholesome Program is to serve as a bridge back to health, well-being and self-sufficiency for ingredients. Beyond providing nutritious food, the program offers participants a chance our homeless and hungry clients. to sit, eat and socialize in a relaxing, safe and convivial atmosphere that may be the only reprieve from the stress of being homeless or living in . Additionally, we partner with medical service providers to provide a range of medical screenings during meal pro- grams. Breakfast is served Monday through Friday 8:00AM to 9:30AM and dinner is served every Monday, Wednesday and Friday from 4:30PM to 6:00PM. CookShop classes are hands-on, interactive nutrition education workshops offered to Pantry Families to address the prevalence of and obesity in the Harlem community. YCP also offers Kids CookShop, a program specifically tailored to for children, on Saturdays. Nutritious and affordable foods are harder to come by than in many other communities, both causing and exacerbating this public health crisis. CookShop directly By collaborating with the addresses these issues, unquestionably linked to Mount Sinai Medical Center poverty and poor nutrition, by teaching partici- and the New York City Depart- pants how to make healthy and tasty food. Recipes ment of Health and Mental include items distributed through our weekly Pantry Hygiene, YCP has been able Program, encouraging clients to use Pantry staples to access health vouchers to create satisfying meals. Each recipe is taught in that are redeemable at the a step-by-step process whereby participants learn local Greenmarkets. After the how to measure, clean and prepare the ingredients CookShop class ends, clients for cooking. A strong emphasis is placed on the walk to the Mt. Sinai Farmer’s nutritional value of each vegetable used, ensuring Market where they are able that workshop participants learn about the vitamins to meet with the farmers and and minerals and their impact on healthy living and purchase fresh produce using longevity. Mount Sinai’s and the City’s ‘Health Bucks’.

*CookShop’s curriculum is provided by FoodChange/Food Bank of New York Impact of our Programs 8 1000000 1500000 2000000 2500000 12000 15000 500000 3000 6000 9000 0 0 9,867 Individuals Served Individuals 2008 2007 Meals Served Meals 14,503 2008 2009 2009 1000 2000 3000 4000 5000 6000 7000 8000 0 3,827 2008 Families Served 6,219 2009 Participate inoneofourholiday relatedactivities Invite YCPstaffmember tospeakaboutourprograms. Host aclothingdrive foritemssuchascoats,scarves, gloves. Prepare sandwichesforour24|7YCP Brown-bagprogram. Participate inoneofourmonthly food drives. Off-Site Opportunities YCP foodprogram. Prepare mealsandfoodpackages for ouremergency 24|7 Serve breakfast&/ordinneratourmealprograms. Distribute grocerypackagesduringourfoodpantry. kids) Pre-pack pantrybagsfordistribution.(ideal Unload &shelvefoodfromthedeliverytrucks. On-Site Opportunities Polo RalphLauren. Mason, NationalAustralianBank,and America, Deloitte,GeneralElectric,Legg among them:AmericanExpress,Bankof volunteer throughworkplaceprograms, corporations providetheiremployeesto states aroundthecountry. Dozensof five boroughsofNew York Cityandmany Australia andIndonesia,fromall in EastHarlemtohalfaworldaway offer theirhelp---fromdowntheblock individuals cametoYCPlastyear programs in2008-2009.Thousandsof labor hoursneededtooperateYCP’s Volunteers provided63%ofthetotal Volunteers Number Volunteers byheadcount Number ofVolunteer shiftsworkedatYCP Volunteer [email protected] Contact GladysOrtiz, opportunities, therearealsoopportunitiestohelpoff-site. for schools,companies,religiousorganizations,etc.Inadditiontoon-site a varietyofvolunteeropportunities.We alsohostavarietyofgroupevents with fooddeliveriestoservingatoneofourmealprograms,YCPoffers and theircontributionsareinvaluablemuchappreciated.Fromhelping not provideitsservices.Volunteers areanintegralpartofourorganization, Without thededicationandtirelessenthusiasmofourvolunteers,YCPcould ated. families. Theircommitmentisalways inspiringandgreatlyappreci food drivesordonatetoys,Easter baskets,booksandclothingforYCP peers aboutpovertyandhunger. Groupsfromvariousschoolsorganize ily. Communityserviceinternssupportoureffortsand educate their school relationshipscontinuetostrengthenandexpandtheYCPfam middle andhighschools,aswellcollegesuniversities.These public andindependentschools---fromnurseryschools,elementary, Throughout theyearswehavebuiltrelationshipswithmorethan130 Schools 1,439 9,387 - - 9 Fiscal year July 1, 2008 to June 30, 2009 (net of event expenses) Now More Than Ever….

Spring Benefit 2008-09 Expenses Management & General 13% $3,459,132 On March 11, 2009, YCP held its annual Benefit at Asia Society. Fundraising 4% Guests enjoyed cocktails and through a Silent Auction bid on such items as wine and travel. Dinner, Awards ceremony and a Live Auc- tion rounded out the evening. Award recipients in 2009 were The Brick Presbyterian Church and its Women’s Association, The Mount 2008-09 Revenue Sinai Hospital, and Didi Fenton-Schafer who was presented with the Helene Abraham Award for exemplary community service given to a $3,369,952* Programs 83% Financial Report Government 9% volunteer each year. The event was chaired by Didi Fenton-Schafer and co-chaired by Drucilla Haskin and Diane and Daryl Wilkerson Foundations/ Individuals 11% Corporations/ and was the highest-grossing charity event in YCP’s history. Orgs 38%

Joint Schools Dances Events/Misc 12% *Board designated funds were released to cover In-kind YCP joined three other neighborhood charities to sponsor dances Donations 30% the operating deficit. for middle school students during the school year. These events were enthusiastically attended and at the same time contributed a significant amount to YCP’s programs. Net Assets for fiscal year ended June 30, 2009 are $5,073,625.

Juilliard Jazz Orchestra Event The above information was abstracted from unaudited financial statements for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2009. Audited financial statements are on file Friends of YCP gathered on October 16, 2008 to hear a program of at Yorkville Common Pantry, 8 East 109th Street, New York, NY 10029. A copy contemporary jazz performed by students of the Juilliard Jazz Orches- tra. Conductor Ted Nash led the Orchestra in a program of music by of the annual report filed with the New York State Office of Charities Registra- Andrew Hill, a 2008 New Jazz Master. Thanks to generous underwrit- tion may be obtained on request from Yorkville Common Pantry. ing, the evening raised $8,700 for YCP’s programs.

10 You have made a difference for thousands of low-income New Yorkers, reducing hunger and helping to provide needed services. Thank you.

Corporations, Foundations and Organizations Individual Donors

•Hunger Prevention Nutrition Assistance Program, •SC Group •Alexander Abraham Foundation $25,000 + Myra L. Freed and Seth Orlow Katie Riordan •Alpern Family Foundation NYS Dept. of Health •Select Equity Group, Inc. Sonia Gardner Hope S. Rogers •Frank J. Antun Foundation •Ingram Family Foundation •The Paul Singer Family Foundation Laura and Michael Fisch Barbara and Peter Georgescu Benjamin Rosen •Assurant Foundation •Kel-Mar Design •SMF Foundation/JM Didi and Oscar Schafer Jenny A. Gerard Jeffrey A. Rosen •Bank of America Charitable Foundation •Kingdon Capital Management •St. Bernard’s School Schutz Engel Trust Joyce and Bob Giuffra Frances A. and Paul D. Rubacha •Irving Berlin Charitable Fund •Kirkland and Ellis •St. Ignatius Loyola Church Veronica and Michael Stubbs Andrew Goffe Mary and Winthrop Rutherford •The Bodman Foundation •Labatan Sucharow LLP •St. James’ Church $10,000 - $24,999 Barbara and Henry Gooss Lite and Arnold Sabin •Peter and Julie Borish Family Foundation •Legg Mason & Co., LLC •St. Joseph’s Church John E. Greenwood Rosemarie and Louis Salavatore Sherrell Andrews and Robert Kuhbach •The Brick Presbyterian Church •Lindabury, McCormick, Estabrook & Cooper •St. Jean Baptiste Church Nancy Halis Linda Silverman Karen and Henry C. Barkhorn III •The Buckley School •The Nightengale-Bamford School •St. Stephen of Hungary Carolyn B. Handler Kjsti and Rob Sivitilli Candice and John Frawley •Capgemini, Inc. •Madison Avenue Presbyterian Church •St. Vincent Ferrer Church Laurel Henschel Charles W. Smithson Chris Hubbard and Emily Zietlow •Chaney Family Foundation •The Marymount School •Stainman Family Foundation Linda and Paul Holt Daisy and Paul Soros Anne P. and John A. MacKinnon •The Chapin School •Merrill Lynch, Inc. •Sumner Gerard Foundation Betty and Jeffrey Hughes Natasha and Richard Stowe Mary and Larry McCaffrey •Children’s All Day School •Metzger-Price Fund, Inc. •TAS Foundation Miriam and Steven Hyman Ursula and Paul Striker Gerard M. Meistrell •City National Bank •The Leo Model Foundation •TEFAP Tracy and Gary Israel Hamburg Tang Michael Nachman and Ruth Horowitz •Chase Family Foundation •Mount Sinai Medical Center •Temple Emanu-el Jane and Arjen Keuskamp Catherine C. Tracy Neda and Pericles Navab •Church of St. Thomas More •National Australian Bank •Temple Israel Kenneth D. Levien Nancy Visser Rebecca Robertson and Byron Knief •Common Cents of New York •NYS Office of Children & Family Services •Temple Shaaray Tefila Matthew Levine Barbara and John Vogelstein Judy and Tim Rudderow •Con Edison •Park Avenue United Methodist Church •Toys R Us Cher Lewis John Weber Nancy and Alan Schwartz •Congregation Or Zarua •Parkside School •TransCare Corp. James L. Lewis Elaine and Robert Weiss Wendy Stein and Bart Friedman •G.L. Connolly Foundation •The Penates Foundation •The Unitarian Church of All Souls William E. Little Janice and Christopher Williams •The Dalton School •Pershing Square Foundation •United Way of New York $1,000 - $9,999 Marilyn and Jay C. Lubell Hope and Alan Winters •Post Hope Foundation •U.S. Department of Housing and Urban •Deutsche Bank Stephanie Ackler James M Lyon Beverly D. Zabriskie •The Prudential Foundation Development •DJR Trust Annette and Eric J. Altmann David H. MacCallum Sarah and Arnold J. Zurcher, Jr. •Ramapo Trust •Watson and Associates •Dover Corporation Claudia and Robert M. Amen Ian R. Mackenzie •Irene Ritter Foundation •Whale Rock Capital Management $250- $999 •The Jean and Louis Dreyfus Foundation Anonymous (2) Tami Mack •Robin Hood Foundation •World Wings International •The Eel River Fund Anne and Phillip J. Bergan Elinor Mannucci Kathleen and Mark W. Abel •Helena Rubenstein Foundation •York Preparatory School •Elmar Fund Susan and Matthew C. Blank Eileen M. McEvoy Josy Cadmon Alcindor •The Rudin Foundation •Donald and Barbara Zucker Family Foundation •Emergency Food and Shelter Program (FEMA) Donna J. Bolkcom Elizabeth G. Miller Frieda and Robert C. Alutin •Epiphany Pre-School Michael Brodman Joan E. Mintz and Robinson Markel Anonymous (2) •Feeding America Mary L. Bundy Doreen S. Morales Robert Arango •FJC/ A Foundation of Philanthropic Funds Helen Chapman and Robert Monroe M. Moshirpur Andrew B. Armstrong •Food for Need Catherine Curry and Andres Gil Alan C. Myers Oladipo Ashiru •Fortress Investments, LLC Susan and Francois De Saint Phalle Kathy Nalywajko Marian D. Bach •Stephen Gaynor School Joan Findlay Dunham and Wolcott B. Dunham, Jr. Andre Nasser John C. Barnett •Giovane LTD Diane Englander and Mark Underberg Liz Neumark Peter Barry •Google, Inc. Karen and John W. Erickson Martha Nichols Nancy and James A. Beha •Grisanti Brown and Partners Suzanne P. Fawbush and Christopher Grisanti Kenneth I. Pearlman Mark A. Belnick •Guilford Publications, Inc. Kristin Feldman Sharon Pietrzak Gary Belsky •The Hecksher Foundation for Children Elizabeth and James Fishman Marsha and Peter E. Pront David Bergan •Emy & Emil Herzfeld Foundation Kathleen G. Flintoff Richard R. Stephens Martin Berkowitz •Jeffrey and Betty Sue Hughes Foundation Marianne and John Fouhey Sandra and Thomas L. Reece Hartley Bernstein and Debra Cherney 12 13 Thank you. Thank you. Thank You. Individual Donors (con’t)

Ashley Best Louis S. Gimbel Jeff MacGregor Ellen Rosen We express our heartfelt appreciation to the many hundreds of Lacy L. Bicknell Hilary and Theodore Giuliano Susan T. MacKenzie Naomi Rosen Edward V. Blanchard, Jr. Grace R. Geraldi and Alan Soba Charles Mallory Nancy Ross donors who gave clothing, food and cash contributions to YCP in Susan and Paul Bohan Allison B. Gray Valerie S. Mason Cynthia and Richard Rudder Linda Boldt Eileen V. Green Jason Matson Mary P. and John P. Rustum amounts less than $250 and regret that space limitations prevent- Hilary Hart Brown and Paul Brown Jeffrey Grieb Nora McCaffrey Anne and Paul Schack Joanne and Wayne Bruno Ellie Grossman Carolyn and Stephen P. McCandless Angela Schmid ed our listing each one by name in this report. Thank you all. Harriet and Tom Burnett Carol and Steven Gutman Allison and Edward McGeough Susan G. Schneider Nancy and James L. Burns Harriett S. and James C. Hanchett Mary Joan McGovern Cari and Jeffrey Schnipper Anna R. C. Caspersen Benjamin Hartman Kathleen McTigue John F. Schopfer and Suzanne C. Rice Jeffrey Chu Drucilla R. and Stephen G.Haskin Carol Ann and C. Douglas Mercer II Jolie E. Schwab and David R. Hodes We give special thanks for the support and as- Richard G. Corey Jacqueline A. and Keith Hennessey Leslie Alexander Merlin Megan D. Scott Diane Cornell Carol and Carl Hess Miles M. Merwin Cynthia and Thomas P. Sculoco Lucinda Covertvail Frances A. Hess Beverly and Marc Michel Melissa M. and Stephen P. Sedlis sistance of our elected officials. Elizabeth Crane Andrew Higginbotham Warren M. Miller Joan and Karl Seib Charles E. Schumer Susan P. Crary Alfred Hinckley William J. Miller Sarah and Izak Senbahar United States Senator Emily A. Crawford Shay Y. Hirsch and Sean Scrivner Larry Morales Margaret and Byron E. Shafer Kristen E. Gillibrand George B. Crawford Jamie Hirsh Dolores J. Morrissey Jackie B. Siegal United States Senator Mary Ellen Cundey Cynthia and Ronald L. Hoffman Madeleine Morrissey Nancy and John A. Sipp Make a gift to YCP. The Internal Mona A. Cutolo Gedale B. Horowitz Shirley A. Mueller Sarah Snyder and Daniel Fine Charles B. Rangel Revenue Service has determined U.S. House of Representatives Nanci and Richard F. Czaja Karen K. Hsu Alice H. Naude and Stephen L. Saxl Patricia and Andrew D. Soussloff that YCP is exempt from Federal Linda A. Davidow Craig Huff and Jacqueline Tracey David M. Nocenti Susan N. Stearns Liz Krueger Dorothy R. Davies and Jeremy R. Kramer Janet and Peter E. Jacobson Glenn Nordlinger Pamela S. Steiglitz New York State Senate, District 26 income tax under Section 501 ©(3) Laura and John DeBoisblanc Karen and Peter H. Jakes Marilyn Z. Norwood Arden Stephenson Bill Perkins of the Internal Revenue Code of Georgia and Michael de Havenon Joan Japha Suzanne and Anthony O’Connor Elizabeth Steyer-Graver New York State Senate, District 30 Brenda Earl DePaola Alexander B. V. Johnson Ramon T. Ocampo Merrill Stubbs 1986 and is a publicly-supported Kerri and Ian Devine Susan Ferris Jones Bruce D. Patrick and Susan MacEachron Mary R. Sullivan Jose M. Serrano charity under Section 509 (a) (1). Kathy Drake Susan M. Jordan and Timothy Clifford Carolyn and William Patterson Sara Tecchia New York State Senate, District 31 Constance I. Duhamel Frank J. Kaufman Susan J. Pattullo Frances Fish Tompkins Adam Clayton Powell IV YCP therefore qualifies for the Stacey and Sanford Dumain Patricia M. Kelly Laura S. Paulson James A. Torrey and Rose P. Lynch New York State Assembly, 68th District maximum charitable contribution Amy and Brook Payner Joan and Robert J. Easton Shawn T. Kelly and David A. Stampely Karen Trella and Bruce Evans Michael R. Bloomberg deduction allowed to individual Pakhi and David Eder Jessica Keuskamp John D. Twiname Mayor of New York Kerry Egan Susan M. Kiley Helen and H. Russell Pennoyer Maureen and William S. Van Benthuysen donors. 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